i guess so-
when i first got my treo, i thought it was inferior to a pocket pc device software wise and i had no clue how anything worked... after time and help from this board- i figured out how to get the most of my treo... i now have both a ppc and a treo because i know that one does some things better than another but i can get the most of both when used seperately or in conjunction. if you get something expecting to hate it, you will... i think that some people are just more open to try different things...

when i tested out a ppc6600, i was quite impressed. it had 128mb ram, which is great, i found web pages loaded quickly and they were maybe not as well formatted as blazer but definitely legible. the voice dialing software was amazing, it didnt have problems viewing videos with betaplayer and music sounded fine with pocketmusic... WMP worked as well... the built in mail application was fine but webIS mail is a bit more customizable... the only thing the device needed was a better keyboard and a vga screen to be a perfect mix i thought. funny thing is that the co-worker who now uses it full time for the last month also thinks that- he wants a vga screen but he can live without the better keyboard- he used to have a treo 600. the keys on this board are spaced apart farther and for him it's easier to type than on the somewhat cramped treo.

I think I can express my feelings with just one sentence, so here it goes. Two minutes ago I synced my SX66 with my laptop via Bluetooth, then I checked my email on WebIS via wifi, then I continued to use wifi to access my home desktop via LogMeIn (similar to GoToMyPC) and get on this forum to post this message, and now I will log out of my desktop, get on the web here at my office via wifi and my company wireless connection, surf the web on Thunderhawk in landscape mode and find a Bluetooth headset to use with my PPC, then make a few calls via MS Voice Command (an AMAZING app), then maybe sync up my Microsoft Exchange account via wifi, then find some more apps to install in my 128MB of onboard RAM, or my additional 40+ MB of Storage RAM, then use Pocket WMP to listen to some of my music stored on my 1GB SD card that auto-syncs with my laptop WMP, and then I'll call it a day and take a nap and dream about how the Treo 650 is entirely inadequate and yet all those in this forum continue to sing it's lackluster praises and frown upon the superior PPC's! (When I wake up I might surf the net on my PPC via wifi to read about Palm's future work with Microsoft and the probablitiy of a Palm PPC device, just for fun...)

well what is the opinion of the display quality of the 650 vs the 6600? that is how is the image clearness? or which image looks most like a photo? which displays more legible clear text? the resol is slightly better on the treo but is it noticbly that much better? which browser displays the superior image?

I owned 2 treo 650s and I returned them both and got an xv6600. palm is years behind windows mobile. Flame away, I don't mind. I'll be busy doing stuff you won't be able to do on your goofy little treo for years to come.

then maybe sync up my Microsoft Exchange account via wifi, then find some more apps to install in my 128MB of onboard RAM, or my additional 40+ MB of Storage RAM, then use Pocket WMP to listen to some of my music stored on my 1GB SD card that auto-syncs with my laptop WMP

the 40+ mb is actually storage rom- similar to a T5's storage. not ram.
but you still use WMP? i think you should try out pocketmind's pocketmusic- it's a lot better and still has the ability to sync with WMP10 in windows. i actually sync my ppc with musicmatch jukebox actually but its the same protocol
i do agree that this discussion is better placed in the other hardware forum

I currently own both the 650 and the Siemens SX66 which is the GSM version of the 6600. The display on the 650 is better than the SX66 as far as quality but obviously not as fasr as size, but the difference is not nearly as marked as the difference between the 650 and the 600. Rating from a 1 to a 10, the 600 is a 3, the SX66 is a 7, and the 650 is a 9.

I own both an i-mate PDA2K (same as PPC6600) and a Treo 650 and have to agree with ocean18's post about what you can do with the PDA2K. I have been using the PDA2K since October 2004 and love the device. That said, I shelled out over $600 for the Treo 650 because palmOne has done a much better job integrating the thumb keyboard into the OS functionality. I can do just about everything without ever having to pull out the stylus and if I am going to have a device with a thumb keyboard then I want this option. The keyboard on the PDA2K is very nice, but it is only really useful for entering text and cannot control much on the device. I find myself carrying the Treo 650 everywhere with my new Piel Frama case and haven't used my PDA2K for over two weeks.

I currently own both the 650 and the Siemens SX66 which is the GSM version of the 6600. The display on the 650 is better than the SX66 as far as quality but obviously not as fasr as size, but the difference is not nearly as marked as the difference between the 650 and the 600. Rating from a 1 to a 10, the 600 is a 3, the SX66 is a 7, and the 650 is a 9.

PS The VGA screen on the HP PPC is a 10.

This is accurate. Screen on the 650 is better for viewing graphics etc.

I currently own both the 650 and the Siemens SX66 which is the GSM version of the 6600. The display on the 650 is better than the SX66 as far as quality but obviously not as fasr as size, but the difference is not nearly as marked as the difference between the 650 and the 600. Rating from a 1 to a 10, the 600 is a 3, the SX66 is a 7, and the 650 is a 9.

PS The VGA screen on the HP PPC is a 10.

I would agree. I have the HP and I can say that the screen on the Treo is fantastic. It is also very bright (it can double as a flashlight).